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Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux, coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards.

As of October 2012, Firefox has approximately 20% to 24% of worldwide usage share of web browsers, making it the second or third most widely used web browser, according to different sources. According to Mozilla, Firefox counts with over 450 milllion users around the world. The browser has had particular success in Indonesia, Germany, and Poland, where it is the most popular browser with 65%, 47% and 47% of the market share, respectively.

The Firefox project began as an experimental branch of the Mozilla project by Dave Hyatt, Joe Hewitt and Blake Ross. They believed the commercial requirements of Netscape's sponsorship and developer-driven feature creep compromised the utility of the Mozilla browser. To combat...

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The very first Firefox add-on I install after installing Firefox is Foxmarks. It is, without competition, the most useful Firefox add-on for me; it lets me seamlessly switch from one computer to the other (since I do most of my work in the browser). ...

Elliott Kosmicki is the founder of GoodPlum.com, a productivity and personal development blog for home business owners. You can also follow Elliott on Twitter. We won't mention Internet Explorer here. Nor Opera or even Google's Chrome browser (discla...

YouTube is still the undisputed king of video sharing on the web, so it only makes sense that there would be a slew of tricks and tools for it. From Adobe AIR applications that let you download videos to Firefox extensions that protect you from RickR...

Google has already indicated that it plans to offer a platform for Chrome browser extensions, but now we finally have what looks like a firm date on when that will arrive. Apparently, a Google developer conference scheduled for May 27th will include ...

No matter how good a service is it can always use a few tweaks, and Flickr is no different. The 15 add-ons we've gathered below for Firefox will help with everything from navigation to uploading, accessing Flickr in countries that block the service,...

So Google's Web browser Chrome has plenty of early fans, but if you're like me and you're on a Mac, or you haven't sipped the Chrome kool-aid just yet, then today's Google Toolbar for Firefox news should come as a pleasant addition to your browsing e...

People love Twitter, and they love Firefox, so it only seems natural that there would be quite a few tools to merge these two items. Whether you want to have a full Twitter client inside of your browser, or just the ability to share parts of a site, ...

Mozilla is set to remove Google from its lofty seat atop Firefox browsers, for Russian language users at least, in favor of rival Russian search engine Yandex. Now the default search provider for the Russian version of Firefox 3.1 (due in a matter of...

We've already seen ads for Google Chrome popping up around the Web on sites like LinkedIn. But now, the company is taking the campaign to grow its browser marketshare a step further. In Gmail, the company is now displaying a rather innocent link that...

As expected, Mozilla has officially discontinued support for Firefox 2, notifying users via the most recent (and final) automatic upgrade of the Web browser. According to the message, which shows up upon opening the program, “Mozilla is not planning ...

Last week, when Google Chrome came out of beta, many of you wondered what the rush was, given the lack of support for extensions, not to mention the absence of a Mac version of the Web browser. Today, it looks like at least one other common request –...

Jake Marsh is a Social Media and Tech Evangelist. He authors a blog about technology, design, and programming at TheJakeMarsh.com. StumbleUpon has been around since 2001, and their tag line boasts "Discover your web" and, truly, that's what this serv...

Google has announced that its Chrome browser is now out of beta – an unusually quick transition for Google considering that Gmail still bears the “Beta” tag, 4+ years after its launch. In the announcement, Google claims “more than 10 million active u...

Mozilla has just launched Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 for download. The most notable new feature is probably private browsing mode, which lets you browse without having any of your Web history stored locally. In a blog post, Mozilla indicates that this is “pe...

While 2008 has turned out to be quite an eventful year in tech, there were 20 key events that stood out and got people talking for days if not weeks after the moment had passed. From the rise of major products and services to history making events, t...

Jessica Smith is Chief Mom Advisor of MomForce.com and Chief Mom Officer for Wishpot.com. She chronicles her experiences as a mom and virtual executive at JessicaKnows.com. Multi-tasking is something moms, especially those online, master pretty quick...

I've been following Opera's new releases quite closely, and whether it's one of the mobile versions of the browser or the desktop Opera, one cannot say they aren't active. The numbers, unfortunately, just aren't on their side: regardless of having a ...

Jennifer Van Grove is a Social Media Strategist. She authors a blog about San Diego, technology, startups and social media at JenniferVanGrove.com. Google Maps has become the standard mapping utility for everything from getting directions and finding...

Chris Snyder is an online journalist specializing in new media. He writes about the tech biz for Wired.com's Epicenter blog. It’s a long road to a victory in the browser wars. Just ask Firefox. The open source browser which launched in 2004 just crac...

In the U.S., the Thanksgiving holiday is only days away, and people all over the world are dusting off their holiday decorations for another season of good tidings and cheer. So in light of this annual tradition, we thought we’d make your last weeks ...

Well, it took 6 months since we first heard a peep about an official release of Gmail themes for Google to make them a reality. But even with this week’s rollout from Mountain View HQ, some of you will still want more. Indeed, the Google design corps...

The concept of Firefox add-ons, however silly this may sound to the experienced user, is still (and probably always will be) blurry to the majority of users. Simply put, people mostly install Firefox and browse the web. Period. They don't want to med...

There is no arguing that YouTube is the most popular video sharing site out there, but that isn't to say that there aren't things about it that annoy users. With that said, there are a wide array of plugins for Firefox to make the YouTube user exper...

Most websites issue some sort of cookie to keep track of you during your visit or when you come back again. Sometimes you'd rather have more privacy on certain sites: that's one reason why Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 will include a "privacy mode" to keep your...

Reddit's developers have been busy adding a bunch of new features to the site. One of them is a neat Firefox plugin that brings a lot of Reddit's functionality directly to the browser. Let's take a look at what's available out there if you want to so...

Nobody likes having to think up new passwords, which often leads to people using the same ones over and over. Even if you do come up with some good passwords, how in the world do you keep track of them for all of the different sites you visit? Luck...

Private browsing, one of the features that was dropped from the final release of Firefox 3.0, is not that big of a deal anymore. It's coming to IE, and Chrome already has it (in a very nifty implementation), so forgive me for not being too excited ab...

While Firefox is considered a safe browser by most people, it can never hurt to add more layers of security in this day and age. And while you're at it, there are a number of ways to increase your privacy online. Here are over 20 extensions that can ...

The team at Yahoo Search has been involved with what is browser-based search assist for some time. For instance, they launched a feature literally titled Yahoo Search Assist in mid-2007. And earlier this year the company acquired the exclusively Appl...

If you're scared to install the mobile version of Firefox, which is now available as an early developer alpha, and works (well) only on the Nokia N800 and N810, you can check out a very detailed video presentation of its features. What's there to see...

Mozilla first spoke about development of a mobile edition of its Firefox browser last October. And just this week we saw a first-run alpha make its way to the developer testing stage in the form of a program called “Fennec.” There’s of course ample r...

SemantiNet, a Tel Aviv-based semantic software company operating in beta which recently expanded to San Francisco and received a $3.4 million Series A funding infusion in September, is introducing a Firefox add-on called headup. Headup employs a sema...

How exactly did this happen? For so long, Internet Explorer was the dominant browser, and Firefox was the up and coming alternative; the Web browser space seemed so dull just a couple of years ago. Now, suddenly, we have it all: IE is the tired old g...

No matter which browser you prefer, there's a plethora of ways to customize the way you surf the Web. There are countless plugins, extensions, toolbars and more. Some of these are easy to install while others require a little more effort. We've put t...

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